Has anyone lost domain(s) due to delinquent registrar?

[doughmein]

I've come close a few times before, but this time it looks pretty bleak.

Every time it has involved a name won through SnapNames.

Just wondered how common a problem it might be.

[devolution]

Godaddy, 1&1, Registerfly

[doughmein]

Did you get that DomainMonkeys thing sorted out?

Did you check that site I provided?

[Domo Sapiens]

Originally posted by doughmein
Did you get that DomainMonkeys thing sorted out?

geee
The name itself should have given you a hint.

[doughmein]

Originally posted by Domo Sapiens
The name itself should have given you a hint.

HEE HAW!!!

(you're right though)

[JuniperPark]

I think I warned people here about them... what... 5 years ago?

So you spent 10 months trying to get a transfer out?

[doughmein]

Originally posted by JuniperPark
So you spent 10 months trying to get a transfer out?

Who're you asking, and where'd you get that timeline from?

My issue isn't with DomainMonkeys.

[doughmein]

Got my domain back.

Persistence DOES pay off!

Nobody's going to rip off my domain if I can help it, though it did take a lot of legwork.

ZERO thanks to ICANN's "complaint department" which must be an empty office.

[atlas]

How did you manage to get it back?

[doughmein]

As it turns out, the registrar is a reseller of Directi. With me it was a password issue. However the reseller was and still is a total non-responder. Initially I got mixed information from Directi that they were in fact related.

I made one final plea, and Directi customer service was able to change the password for me and I can access the control panel. The domain is now expired but I can still manage it -- and am in the process of transferring it.

[atlas]

Congrats!

Did Directi take any action against the reseller?

[doughmein]

Originally posted by atlas
Did Directi take any action against the reseller?

Not that I'm aware of and I doubt they will.

But I will say Directi's customer service is excellent and very fast. Kudos to them for that.

[doughmein]

Well I finally did hear from ICANN, at least that they've forwarded my complaint to the %$#@ registrar.

Which I think seems to have riled them (the registrar) at least a bit as they've emailed me twice with the info I had requested a month and a half ago.

Yet -- their address is nothing close to the support address given at the registrar homepage -- which is still rather alarming.

AND YES THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SNAPNAMES-RELATED PSEUDO-REGISTRARS!

[subg]

Aside from registerfly, I just lost 3 country code domains. One I was able to get back after the redemption period only because the new owner agreed to sell it to me(at reg fee).

The registrar was involved in political turmoil & was not offering support or billing for 4 months.

My fault, as I should have names I like out at least 2 years.

[Domo Sapiens]

Domains like Investments carry "Country Risk"